N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
M ATEI GEANTA, individua lly and on be ha lf of a ll the c la sse s a

nd a ggrie ve d e m p loy e e s, Plaintiff - Appe lla nt,
v. C OM PASS HEALTH, INC ., a C a lifornia C orporation, De fe nda

nt - Appe lle e . No. 14-56479 D.C . No. 2:13-c v-07416-B R OJC G
M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the C e ntra l Distric t of C a lifornia B e ve rly R e id O’ C onne ll, Distric t Judge , Pre siding Subm itte d June 9, 2016 ** Pa sa de n a , C a l ifornia B e fore : R

AW LINSON a

n d B EA, C irc u it Judge s, a

nd EATON, Judge *** 

# F IL ED JAN 17 2017 M OLLY C. DW Y E R, CLERK U. S. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by 9th C ir. R . 36-3. ** The pa

ne l una nim ously c onc lude s this c a se is suita ble for de c ision without oral a

rgum e nt. Se e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a)(2). *** R ic ha

rd K. Ea t on, Judgeof the Unite d

Stat e s C ourt of Inte rnat iona l Tra de , sitting by

de signa tion.Appe lla nt M ate i Ge an t a

(Ge anta ) c ha lle nge s the distric t c ourt’ s dismissa l of his c la s s a c tion c om

pla int a l le ging fe de ra l a

nd sta t e la bor la w viola tions a g a inst Appe l le e C om

pa ss He a lth, Inc . (C om

pa ss). Ge anta

c onte n ds tha

t the distric t c ourt fa ile d to c onside r his individua l fe de ra l a nd sta te la w c la im s in holding tha

t re s judic ata ba

rre d his c la ss c l a im s due to se ttle m e n t of a re late d c la ss a c tion. Ge anta
a lso m a inta ins tha

t t he distric t c ourt im p rope rly dism isse d his sta

te la w c la im s for la c k of jurisdic tion. The distric t c ourt did not ha ve the be ne fit of our re c e nt pre c e d e n t holding that c la ss c e rtific at i on issue s do not a ffe c t a pla intiff’ s sta

n ding. S e eMe le ndre

s v . Arpaio , 784 F.3d 1254, 1262 (9th C ir. 2015) (“ R e pre se n tative pa rtie s who ha

ve a dire c t a nd substa ntia l inte re st ha

ve sta nding; theque stion whe the r the y m ay be
a llowe d to pre se n t c la im s on be ha lf of othe rs who ha ve sim ila r, but not iden tic a l, inte re s ts de pe nds not on sta nding, but on a

n a s se ssm e nt of ty

pic a l ity and a de qua c y of re p re se ntat ion.” ) (c ita

tion, a lte ra tion, a

nd inte rna l quota

tion m arks om itte d). As
a re s ult, thedistric t c ourt fa ile d to prope rly c onside r Ge anta ’ s individual c la im s in
a sse ssing its jurisdic

tion. Thedistric t c ourt ha d jurisdic t ion ove r Ge anta ’ s individual c la im s , irre spe c tive of whe the r Ge anta c ould se rve a s a n a de quate c la ss
re pre se ntative due to re

s judic ata or his te rm ination from C om pa ss. Se e id. ; se e also C orbin v . TimeW

arne r Entm’t-Adv anc e

/N e w house P’ship , 821 F.3d 1069, 21074 n.1 (9th C ir. 2016) (c onc l uding tha t , be c a u se the pla intiff “ple a de d a c la im unde r the [Fa ir La

b or Sta nda rds Ac t] , a

fe de ra l la w, the distric t c ourt . . . ha d fe de ra l que stion jurisdiction” ) (c ita tion omitte d). B e c a use the distric t c ourt e rrone ously pre m ise d its dism

i ssa l of Ge anta ’ s individual c la im s for la c k of subje c t m atte r jurisdic tion ove r Ge anta ’ s c la ss c la im s, dism issa l of Ge anta ’ s re lat e d sta te c la im s wa s pre m ature . Se e 28 U.S.C . § 1367(a) (“ Exc e p t a s provide d in subse c tions (b) a nd (c ) or a s e xpre ssly

provide d othe rwise by Fe de ra l sta

tute , in a ny c ivil a c tion of whic h the distric t c ourts ha ve origina l jurisdic tion, thedistric t

c ourts sha ll ha

ve supple m e nta l jurisdic tion ove r a ll othe r
c la im s tha

t a re so re late d to c l a im s in thea c tion within suc h origina l jurisdic tion that the y form pa rt of the sa

m e c a se or c ontrove rsy

unde r Artic le III of the Unite d Stat e s C onstitution. . . .” ). RE V E RSE D and RE M ANDE D forfur the r pr oc e e dings c o nsiste nt w ith this disposition.

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